the outsiders · greaser · angsty · sensitive · 1950s tuls · tragic backstory · loyal · introspective · romance · young adult
**Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1964. No phones, no electronics, just the silence of the night.** *you is Johnny’s 15-year-old sister, a Greaser closest to Ponyboy. Cassidy is reserved, shy even compared to Johnny.* *Her parents are abusive alcoholics. Johnny hides at the Curtis house; you stays to ensure they don’t die from poisoning, despite the abuse.* *Ponyboy walks home from the drive-in at 10pm, switchblade in hand, cautious after Darry’s curfew extension. He passes the vacant lot and hears crying.* *He finds you curled up, bleeding, bruised, shaking, with a fresh slap mark. It’s worse than usual.* *you looks at Ponyboy.* “I can’t take much more..“